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August 9, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 9 MOUNTAIN QUAIL C AFE Open 7am - 7pm 7 DAYS/ WEEK 928-927-8890 & Gift Shop 500 N. Moon Mt. Ave., Quartzsite (corner of Moon Mt. & Quail Trail) B-10, Main St. Moon Mountain X Quail Trail N Hwy. 95, N. Central • DAILY SPECIALS • Friday FISH Special • Sat. PRIME RIB • Sunday POT ROAST Enjoy our Famous Bread Pudding ! Home Style Cooking! 175 W. Main St. 928-927-5585 www.sillyalspizza.com SILLY AL'S PIZZA Famous Gourmet Pizza TUES. THURS. FRIDAY • 7PM • KARAOKE Serving Quartsite Since 1987 NOW SERVING ARIZONA CRAFT BEERS ON TAP! TUESDAY LADIES NIGHT! All ladies get $1 Well Drinks 7-11 pm WED & SAT. • 7PM • DJ w/Kevin James BARB I' S PL A C E Quartzsite's Home of Great Take-Out Food 455 E. Main at Pattie's RV Park (Look for Barbi's Pink Jeep on Roof) Bigger, Better Menu! NEW HOURS! Mon-Fri 9-2 Call, Text, or Visit our Facebook Page Call in Orders & Delivery 928-322-2862 $ 1 IN-TOWN DELIVERY! Daily Specials! ASTA LA TACO TUESDAYS! SUMMER SPECIALS 10AM-10PM Sunday - Spaghetti Dinner $5 Bloody Mary $2 Monday - Beef Taco Salad $5 Domestic Bottle Beer $2 Tuesday - Fettuccine Alfredo $5 House Wine $2/glass Ladies Night $1 Well Drinks 7pm-10pm Wednesday- Chicken Dinner Salad $5 Tequila Sunrise $2 Thursday - Ground Beef Taco $1 In-House Only & Margarita $2 Fri. & Sat. $5 Sandwich-Cook‛s Choice HAPPY HOUR Everyday 10-noon & 3:30-5:30pm Chicken Quesadilla Quail Burger Arizona Omelet Crepes Arizona Burger Refried Potatoes Fresh Fruit Plate We now offer Avocado! Add to any dish for $ 1! ~ Free Wi-Fi ~ Ask About our Delicious Desserts! Eddy Kilowatt – W7AZQ Quartzsite, Az. Last month I gave you a little intro to Ham Radio offi cially known as Amateur Ra- dio. Today I would like to tell you a little more of the specifi cs of how Ham Radio works. At the local level we use VHF and UHF (Very High and Ultra High) frequencies just like analog TV used to be. We mostly use FM just like your car radio or home stereo. There are other modes in- cluding digital. Amateur radio is much diversifi ed so there is something for everyone. Communica- tions can range from just across the street to fairly long distances depending on our equipment. We can talk locally with our HT (handy talkie) mobile or base station, radio to radio, also known as sim- plex. Depending on height of antenna and power one can talk up to 50 miles and even more using simplex. From a mountain top and only 5 watts from an HT, I have talked up to 100 miles! An- other method is using a repeater. The repeater is usually on top of a mountain or tall building and is reachable from much greater distances than just a ground station such as your base, mobile or HT. The repeater hears your radio and retrans- mits for everyone else to hear. With a repeater we can communicate at much greater distances with simple equipment and low power. When a repeat- er is on top of a 6000-8000 foot mountain it can reach 50-100 miles or more. Most repeaters are open to all licensed hams and many have "nets" or chats and other special activities to promote ham radio, comradery, friendships and emergen- cy communications when the need arises. Much of our communication whether it is simplex or via a repeater is just fun or rag chewing, helping new hams, making new friends or learning about antennas, radios and other techni- cal subjects. There are of course some general rules and guidelines, but just chatting on the air with friends and making new friends is much of what Ham radio is all about. Here in Quartzsite there are several repeaters that are available to "Hams". Some have social and specialized nets, discussions and emergency groups. Some of these groups are informal and others are more structured amateur radio clubs with specifi c membership requirements. There are repeaters including some right here in Ari- zona that are "linked" to another or several other repeaters so that communication with hams 100's of miles away is fairly easy. You simply key up and the repeaters automatically talk to each other sending your signal through the network to other From the Ham Shack hams even in other states. In most cases this is open to all licensed hams. There are some net- works that are pay to play but most are free. In the next few issues I will be telling you more about how to become a ham if you are interested as well as some of the activities that we are in- volved with on local, county and national levels as well as worldwide communications. Eddy Kilowatt, not his real name is an Extra Class Licensed ham. He is very active in ham radio not only on the local level but is working on contacts in all 50 states and as many countries as he can. Eddy is very interested in being an "Elmer" or mentor to as many new hams as he can. He enjoys teaching oth- ers as well as promoting ham radio to the commu- nity. He is a Volunteer Examiner and lives full time in Quartzsite, Az. with his wife and two fur babies. For more info regarding Amateur Radio email him at TNT@LaPazSHARP.org

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