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2009
VHF Contest
Another Fine Job!
We were worried, with last year's huge success and all
of the band openings, it was a tough act to follow. We did it. We beat
our 2008 raw score by over 2000 points. More
information to follow. See PICTURES above. The 10GHz
contacts were fun and working with all of the local folks to pull this
year's event off. Thanks to all that came out. We even got a
contact with K5UR, Rick Roderick and we told him "We don't use illegal
power." He told us that he really enjoyed HamCon this year and
Estes Park.
 We
always enjoy going out to do the contest, and when we're done, it's a
bit depressing. There's always next year and we're going to go out
bigger, better and louder. 2010 will be a great contest and we'll
be ready. Will you be ready? You should consider
getting on any of the VHF bands with your rig and talk to us.
HamCon Colorado
HamCon Colorado was a fantastic
event. We have a bunch of pictures online above under
Pictures. I heard many
comments from folks that thought it was a "Dayton Like" event with
excellent learning opportunities.
Scott Burkhardt, W0KU Operating the
W1AW/0
special events station on the new Icom IC-7600.
Aurora
Tornado June 9,2009
The
tornado that hit Southeast Aurora on June 9 was
followed by David Markham, W0CBI and these were various shots from the
event by David. The picture below was from
GRLEVEL3 showing the strongest part of the storm.
As you
can see, people do not pay attention to the funnel, and continue to
drive on even after they see it coming!
David
is a trained spotter as well as a professional firefighter. Skill
is required to chase tornadoes. This should not be tried at home.
RMHAM does not condone unsafe acts.
Here
is the GRLEVEL3 map showing the strength of the cell that produced the
tornado. It was very strong yet compact. Damage was limited
to a very narrow swath about 8 miles long.
The
picture below is a cross section of the tornado showing rotation and the
cloud tops in the storm. As you can see some components of the
storm were reaching nearly 40000 feet!
Colorado is an interesting place
when it comes to storms. Some years, nothing, this year, it's been
nearly 11 weeks of continuous strong weather. Many thunderstorms
and tornadoes in the area. It's definitely keeping us on our toes
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Rick Roderick, K5UR at
Hamcon
Rick Roderick gave a great speech about the greatest
hobby in the world. It was a great speech and I encourage you to
listen to it here.
It's a testament to the hobby that we all love and
woudn't do if we didn't enjoy it. I am sure that you will be able
to relate to it!
It will definitely will make you think! He is a
great speaker and my thanks to him for attending the conference.
Comm Trailer was W1AW/0
VHF and Talk-In Stations at the 2009 HamCon Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio in partners with Grand Mesa
Contesters operated the 6m, VHF and UHF sideband
station as well as the talk in station for the very successful 2009
HamCon Colorado convention
at the Estes Park Convention Center in Estes Park, Colorado. We
had a great time and many Rocky Mountain Ham Radio personnel were there
to support the event and operate the trailer. Special thanks to
all that helped us have such a special event.
Meso
Cyclone May 24, 2009
David Markham, W0CBI took this shot
of a really nice mesio cyclone with his Blackberry looking from DIA to
the west. It looked like at any time it was going to drop a
tornado but didn't.
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio and Mountain Top
Associates of Colorado have joined forces!
 Mountain Top Associates one of Colorado's premier
"technology" based clubs supporting some of the best repeaters in the
area has joined forces with us. RMHAM will continue to maintain MTTOP's repeaters and
Mountain Top will continue to be the experimentation and technology arm.
We are proud to be part of this union and believe that this makes us a
more robust and well rounded single group.
Our members projects this year include many system
rebuilds around the Front Range to assist other clubs in making their
systems work to their potential.
Among our members projects:
-Estes Park repeater rebuild for
EVARC
-Colorado Repeater Assoction
-System rebuild for Longmont ARC
-Colorado D-STAR rework at Thorodin
-Colorado Connection rebuild/rework at Thorodin
-Colorado Connection rebuild at Cheyenne Mountain
We do have a very busy Spring and
Summer awaiting us and look forward to completion of all of our tasks.
Our
Mission
To promote efficient use of technology at our fingertips to
advance amateur radio and to ensure readiness to handle communications
for any situation that may come along.
We work closely with other clubs to create quality radio
systems and work to further the causes of amateur radio and protect the
interests of the amateur radio community.
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio
Communications Trailer
For
pictures of this and our other projects, please
click here. We have created the
trailer for contest use as well as for emergency and public service uses.
It's an ongoing project. It's schedule is online for visibility.
Click Here.
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio
And the Colorado D-Star Organization
RMHR is proud to announce that they
assisted the Colorado D-Star
Association (a group consisting of Rocky Mountain Ham Radio, Aurora
Repeater Association, District 22 ARES, District 13 ARES and many
individuals in deploying a
new D-Star repeater stack in the Denver metro area, a grant given by
Ham Radio Outlet. The system
is live and at the permanent site.
The UHF DV is available for your use on 446.9625. VHF is on
145.25. 1200 DV is on 1283.9625 and DD is on 1299.90. Configuration information is on http://www.coloradodstar.org.
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