ARRL Nevada Section (NV) Section Manager Joseph M. Giraudo, N7JEH 720 Holyoke Dr Spring Creek, NV 89815-5306 775-778-8140 n7jeh@arrl.org Section Links Hamfests Affiliated Clubs Ham Radio Classes Other sections Pacific Division

Affiliated Club Coordinator Glenn Thomas, WB6W 2617 Wade St Minden, NV 89423-9025 (775) 267-1754 wb6w@arrl.net Official Observer Coordinator Glenn Thomas, WB6W 2617 Wade St Minden, NV 89423-9025 (775) 267-1754 wb6w@arrl.net Public Information Coordinator GL Don Carlson, KQ6FM 5591 Barcelona Ct. Sparks, NV 89436 (775) 354-2788 kq6fm@charter.net Section Emergency Coordinator GL Don Carlson, KQ6FM 5591 Barcelona Ct. Sparks, NV 89436 (775) 354-2788 kq6fm@charter.net Technical Coordinator Kent B Johnson, W7AOR 395 Peaceful St Las Vegas, NV 89110-5209 (702) 452-4412 w7aor@narri.org

Section News

ALERT: Tue, November 11, 2008; 9:11 AM ET Sorry about the nasty looking format of the Monthly Summary. I lost track of the line width. Also, don't forget the upcoming Skywarn Reognition Day on-the-air event December 6. The National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Reno, Las Vegas and Elko should all be on the air for this event. This is a very good way to get folks interested in HF operation in a lower stress environment than Field Day or other contests. 73 Joe - N7JEH

Monthly Summaries

Monthly Summary for October 2008

News last updated: Mon, November 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM ET

Please also see the Nevada Section website for much more information: http://nv.arrl.org

PACIFICON 2008

Well this one is now in the history books. Once again it was a great event.
The vendors were swamped with customers, The technical sessions were well attended and the banquet was sold out!
The banquet speaker was Jill Tarter, SETI Director. Her talk described the new radio telescope construction
that is being undertaken in Northern California. She also described all that is involved in the search for
extra-terrestrial intelligence. It was a very interesting presentation.

Two awards were garnered by Nevada Hams at the banquet. Dick Flanagan, K7VC was given an appreciation award
for his service as Nevada Section Manager. The big surprize of the evening was the granting of the Pacific
Division Amateur of the Year Award to Kent Johnson, W7AOR for his achievement in growing the use of IRLP through
the Western Reflector and numerous linked repeaters throughout the State of Nevada. Neither of the award winners
were in attendance so Joe Giraudo, Nevada Section Manager accepted them on their behalf.

NTS Traffic Report
Recd Delivered Sent Originated Total
N7CPP 15 1 17 3 36
N7SWI - - - - 36

FIELD DAY 2008!

The results are in for Field Day 2008. They can be viewed at the "Members Only" area of the ARRL website.
There were 8 participating stations in the Nevada Section that submitted results to the League.
This year's BIG GUNS were the Reno QRP Group. Nevada Section scores are shown below:

PLACE	CALL	SCORE	CATEGORY	QSO's	POWER MULT.	GOTA CALL	PARTICIPANTS	CLUB
1	W7FST	4660	2AB	368	5	NU7T	14	Reno QRP Club
2	N7F	2632	5A	739	2	K7UGE	120	Las Vegas RAC
3	W7V	2144	2A	585	2	W7LKO	30	Elko ARC
4	W7NYE	860	2F	150	2	W7NYE	24	South Nye County ARES
5	NX7F	436	1D	110	2	NX7F	1	David Reed - Las Vegas
6	WB7QBO	218	1E	58	2	WB7QBO	1	Daniel Delaplain - Reno
7	AC6N	132	1E	41	2	AC6N	1	Claude West - Reno
8	W6NF	12	1D	6	2	W6NF	1	Jack Parker - Silver Springs

MORE MEMBERS-ONLY BENEFITS!
In addition fo the additional items that are available to ARRL members on the wesite, you can now read
archived articles from back issues of QST! I looked this new feature over and WOW! is it neat! I looked at
the January 1942 issue and there were numerous post-Pearl Harbor articles detailing the radio silence imposed
and the very limited operating authorizations afforded to official civil defense stations of the times.
If you are a radio historian, antique radio collector or just like to read, this will give you many hours of enjoyment!

Yet another reason to join the ARRL, The national association for AMATEUR RADIO.

ARES SEC Monthly Report
Due to it's increasing size, the SEC report has been summarized below
To view the report in its entirety, please also see the Nevada Section website at:
http://nv.arrl.org

Total ARES membership: 402
Changes since last month: +3
Number of active nets: 18
Total sessions: 93
Number of EC's / DEC's reporting: 11
Number of nets & drills: 82
Number of volunteer hours: 847
Number of public service events: 2
Number of volunteer hours: 123
Number of emergency operations: 0
Total number of ARES events: 78
Total number of volunteer hours: 849

This month's activities revolved around the SET which took the form of a statewide Point of Dispensing, POD exercise
by the various County Health Departments and hospitals. Flu shots were dispensed at various remote locations to
simulate innoculation for a mass pandemic. ARES communications teams provided support both locally and across the
State of Nevada.

Don Carlson, the Nevada Section Emergency Coordinator visited several radio clubs in the Las Vegas area this month.
His visit coincided with the SET exercise so he was removed from his normal comfort zone in Washoe County and got to
observice the Clark County teams in action. He also presented Kent Johnson, W7AOR with his "Amateur of the Year" Award at
the NARRI meeting.

Please also see the Nevada Section website for much more information: http://nv.arrl.org

Well that's all for now!
73
DE N7JEH

N7JEH AT LEAGUE HQ Photo by Jim Latham - AF6AQ	Section Managers' Workshop at ARRL HQ Photo by Steve Ewald - WV1X
Joe Giraudo - N7JEH

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